Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

More Than a Decade Afloat • Raising Sailors • Stories from SV Aphrodite

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Category: Preparing for Cruising Life

Preparing for Cruising Life begins right from the start when we thought about buying a boat, and living afloat seemed like a dream. This category describes the moving parts we lashed together to pack up our house, learn to sail, shop for a bluewater catamaran, refit our St Francis 50, and launch our family circumnavigation adventure.

Photo of Escher kids on SV Aphrodite on the Ultraleather saloon cushions after slightly less than two years of use.
11/23/202511/24/2025 Lorraine Escher

Succumbing to the Sales Pitch of Ultraleather on a Boat

A photo of our kids running along the beach of Lake Superior with a banner of our tent and van with the text The Road Trip that Changed Everything, referring to the 60 day camping trip we took the summer before we bought our St. Francis 50 catamaran, SV Aphrodite.
01/01/202406/23/2026 Lorraine Escher

Why We Want to Sail

06/12/202301/25/2026 Lorraine Escher

Making Sense of Malaria: Why Chemoprophylaxis Doesn’t Prevent Infection — It Only Weakens the Symptoms

11/01/201606/19/2026 Lorraine Escher

Betty, Age 10, Gets Her Very First Pair of Glasses

09/03/201606/22/2026 Lorraine Escher

Cruising, Culture Shock and Questioning “Why?”

06/28/201601/29/2026 Lorraine Escher

Sailing Aphrodite: a year in review

05/25/201605/01/2026 Lorraine Escher

Departure checklist for leaving an anchorage

A composition pin that includes four checklists I created after moving from a house to a sailboat as a family of six from Canada.
12/28/201504/23/2026 Lorraine Escher

Checklists for the BIG move: moving from house to boat

12/15/201510/05/2025 Lorraine Escher

Building a Marine Medical Kit: Part 2

12/10/201510/05/2025 Lorraine Escher

Medical insurance while cruising

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